Help! Why is my car stalling?? - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

bhatt · #7 03-26-2007, 08:15 PM

Thanks so much for everyone's help (especially Steve!!)

To answer a previous question, I didn't know that I had to push down. Was wondering why there was a spring. Turning it the first time, I pushed down for about 2 of the 10 turns. Turning it back, I did the same thing just for the heck of it.. pushed down for the first 2 turns only, then just turned it normally the last 8.

So I dropped it off at the mechanic.. had NO idea what he was going to call me with or what it would cost.

He got it running and says it took him 1.5 or 2 hours to figure it out.

He says all he did was disconnect and remove all the parts I said I touched (fuel distributor, air flow meter, hoses, connectors, etc.). Made sure everything looked OK out of the car and nothing was broken. Didn't make any adjustments or clean anything. Put it all back together and put it in the car.

Of course I tried that TWO times myself and it didn't do anything. He does it once and everything works fine. He said he didn't bother diagnosing it and just put it together, as he figured I'd be happy that it runs (which I am !)

So we'll never know what I screwed up (twice!) but apparently he fixed it. He also said he set the mixture afterwards which is good since I forgot to tell him I screwed with it. My suspicion is that he got the car running and it was really rich or lean so he had to adjust it.

Thanks SO much for everyone's help! Good to know that I was doing everything right!

Neal